Grantee Name
Institute for Community Living, Inc.
Funding Area
Special Projects Fund
Publication Date
February 2016
Grant Amount
$291,041
Grant Date:
November 2011 – December 2014
Share this Grant Outcome Report
Adults with serious mental illness represent a significant proportion of the 20% of New York Medicaid beneficiaries with special needs, whom in turn account for 75% of the State’s Medicaid expenditures.
This population also has a high rate of co-occurring behavioral and physical health conditions, yet strategies to care for people with serious mental illness are often fragmented, ineffective, and costly. To respond to these shortcomings and better integrate behavioral health and primary care services for these individuals, behavioral health medical homes (BHMHs) were developed.
In 2011, New York State mental health clinic regulations were revised to make BHMHs eligible to provide and be reimbursed for three core services: health assessments, health monitoring, and complex care management. These revised regulations created a well-timed and unprecedented opportunity for behavioral health providers to offer behavioral health and basic primary care at one site without obtaining dual licensure. The Institute for Community Living, Inc., (ICL) was one of the first implementation sites of this new model. In 2011, NYHealth awarded ICL a grant to establish BHMHs at three of its licensed mental health clinics, which serve more than 1,500 Brooklyn residents of all ages annually.